A lot of the problems with cyclists in London lie with the current Mayor and his road planning engineers, there are several footpaths that have been converted into cycle lanes to keep them off the road. But any driver pulling out from a junction into the main road may not see the cyclist say if there is a parked vehicle, the cyclist carry's on pedaling without slowing down or giving way, vehicle that is moving pushes them straight into 3 lanes of oncoming traffic. The result being one cyclist dead and the scrap man gets some more scrap metal. One of the other bad designs is, a driver drives out a junction, ahead of him is a one way sign telling him that he has to turn left, the cycle lane crosses this junction. 50 yards to his left is another junction which the driver also has to turn left, which in effect is a blind spot. Any normal thinking driver would assume that he/she is entering a one way street, they will automatically be looking to their right for moving traffic and cyclists. What no one has bothered to tell the driver is that the cycle lane caters for cyclists traveling in both directions. In the few seconds it has taken the driver to look to his right and make their manoeuvre, a cyclist comes hurtling around the drivers blind spot and 5 minutes later is pronounced as being dead. Driver is arrested for driving without due care and attention...
